Appropriate "Safety" Colleges for an MIT Applicant?

MITMathAlum2006
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:10:18 +0000

So, it has been a while, and things might have changed…However, when I applied to undergrad, I did a lot of research and in my list was:

MIT
Caltech
Case Western
Carnegie Mellon
RPI
Georgia Tech
Duke (i liked it)
and a couple of in-state safeties.

I’m sure this list isn’t for everybody, but I certainly did my research and had good reasons at the time (though I don’t remember them any longer).

P.S. I had a special circumstance that kept me from applying to (most) state schools. Otherwise, I would have certainly applied to UMich, Berkeley, and maybe others.